iCloud & iCloud Photos · Storage Studio and iCloud
Does Storage Studio work with iCloud Drive?
Short answer: Yes. Storage Studio works with iCloud Drive's folder on your Mac: it can make downloaded iCloud files online-only, find duplicates among them, and show how much space iCloud uses — without ever deleting anything from iCloud.
Yes. Storage Studio works with iCloud Drive through the iCloud Drive folder on your Mac. It can make downloaded iCloud files online-only to free local space, find duplicate files among the iCloud files already on your Mac, and measure how much room iCloud is taking.
What it does with iCloud Drive
- Run Tuhi includes a Keeping cloud files online-only step that frees large downloaded files in your cloud folders.
- Optimize Cloud Storage in the More menu (•••) lists iCloud Drive and your other cloud folders for a whole-folder pass where macOS allows it.
- Duplicates has its own iCloud Drive source.
- Storage Profile shows how much space iCloud and other synced folders use, with a Free up button for big iCloud files.
What it doesn't do: it doesn't change your iCloud plan, and it never deletes a file from iCloud to free space. See making iCloud files online-only.